Zac Jones, Keanu Akina, Brock Goyen and Tyson Shelley, 4 BYU golfers who made it by the primary stage stage of U.S. Open qualifying, pose for a photograph on the Cougars’ apply facility in American Fork on Thursday, Might 11, 2023. Spenser Heaps, Deseret Information
It was a exceptional weekend for Utahns in numerous skilled and newbie golf tournaments all through the nation, notably previous and present members of the BYU males’s golf group.
The place to begin?
How about with a champion?
Rising BYU junior Tyson Shelley, a Skyline Excessive product, received the distinguished 2023 Pacific Coast Beginner on Friday at Capilano Golf and Nation Membership in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Shelley, a member of BYU’s NCAA Finals group in 2023, made a birdie on the second playoff gap to defeat Australia’s Jack Buchanan and seize the title after capturing 13-under par 267 within the 72-hole event.
Shelley shot a 62 within the remaining spherical Friday to tie a course file that has stood for greater than 20 years.
“I really feel like every thing clicked at the moment,” he stated in a faculty information launch. “My driver has been distinctive all week. Right now, it was down the center each time. My putts have been lipping out all through the week, however (Friday) every thing fell inside the opening. I feel that’s what led to my 62 at the moment.”
Incoming BYU freshman Cooper Jones shot 6-under 274 to tie for thirteenth in the identical event, whereas rising BYU senior Keanu Akina and rising BYU junior Zac Jones, the 2022 State Am champion and Cooper’s brother, tied for 53rd at 8-over.
The checklist of different former BYU golfers who've received the Pacific Coast Beginner consists of Billy Harvey (2000), Mike Reid (1976), John Fought (1975) and Mike Brennan (1973), in line with Utah golf historian Kurt Kragthorpe.
Tyson joins a powerful checklist of BYU golfers who've received this prestigious occasion: Mike Brannan (1973), John Fought (1975), Mike Reid (1976) and Billy Harvey (2000). Plus, Bountiful's Kurt Bosen, an newbie star within the '80s and '90s, received in 1984. https://t.co/wsbPce9AZ8
— Kurt Kragthorpe (@UtahGolfers) July 29, 2023
Former BYU golfer Patrick Fishburn loses playoff
Former BYU golfer Patrick Fishburn virtually recorded his first win on the PGA’s Korn Ferry Tour on Sunday, dropping in a playoff to former Auburn standout Hint Crowe on the NV5 Invitational close to Chicago.
Nonetheless, Fishburn rose from No. 39 to No. 15 within the KFT standings with a pair months remaining within the season.
The highest 30 finishers earn PGA Tour playing cards in 2024.
Fishburn, former BYU golfer Daniel Summerhays and former College of Utah golfer Blake Tomlinson — who missed the minimize in a PGA Canada Tour occasion Friday — are among the many Utahns who will compete within the KFT’s Utah Championship this week at Oakridge Nation Membership in Farmington.
CLUTCH eagle to tie the lead! 🦅
— Korn Ferry Tour (@KornFerryTour) July 30, 2023
Patrick Fishburn waits as co-leader @TraceCrowe finishes behind him.
📺: https://t.co/cOtV5dBR0y | @NV5Invite | #BarstoolNV5pic.twitter.com/zBm1FfLYch
Sunday, Fishburn rolled in a 40-footer for eagle on the 72nd gap at The Glen Membership to shoot 7-under 64 for the day and 25-under 259 for the event and power the playoff with Crowe.
Nonetheless, Crowe returned the favor on the primary playoff gap, staying alive by making a 30-footer for birdie to match Fishburn’s birdie.
On the second playoff gap (additionally the 18th gap at The Glen Membership), Fishburn’s third shot stayed in a bunker, his fourth shot was 20 ft past the flag and his par putt simply missed, enabling Crowe to win the playoff with a par.
“Pat is a good dude, an incredible participant. That was enjoyable,” Crowe informed Barstool Sports activities’ reside stream broadcast.
Zac Blair, Peter Kuest, Tony Finau in prime 50 at 3M Open
4 present or former Utahns entered the second-to-last PGA Tour occasion of the 2022-23 common season, and all 4 acquitted themselves nicely.
PGA Tour star Tony Finau entered Sunday in rivalry to win his seventh event after lacking the minimize ultimately week’s Open Championship at Royal Liverpool, however may by no means get it going within the remaining spherical and completed tied for seventh at 15-under.
Finau remained in tenth place within the FedEx Cup standings. He earned $245,000, after profitable the occasion final yr.
Alabama graduate Lee Hodges grew to become a first-time winner with a 24-under 260 and pocketed $1.4 million for the win.
However the large story for Utah golfers is that former BYU Cougar Zac Blair shot a 7-under 64 Sunday and tied for thirteenth to earn $135,000.
Blair, who returned to the Tour in 2022 after lacking practically two years recovering from labrum surgical procedure, has now secured his PGA Tour card for the 2023-24 season.
After tearing his labrum in 2020, @Z_Blair missed two years of competitors.
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) July 30, 2023
Returning on a medical extension, Blair regained type, highlighted by a career-best T2 @TravelersChamp.
Needing a two-way T31 to safe his standing, Blair is presently T13 and can keep his card 👏 pic.twitter.com/FNrMVGp4Gl
Additionally Sunday, former BYU golfer Peter Kuest continued his exceptional late-season run and completed T50 in Minnesota.
Kuest and Blair will play within the PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina, subsequent week.
Two-time Utah State Beginner champion Preston Summerhays, an Arizona State golfer who was born in Farmington however now lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, was given a sponsor exemption into the 3M Open however missed the minimize by a shot.